As the sun sets and the final strains of the Massey Memorial Organ fade, President Michael E. Hill will tap the ceremonial gavel three times on Sunday night. But before that decisive act closes Chautauqua

As Chautauquans say goodbye to one another on Sunday night in the Amphitheater, they will be celebrating and reminiscing on the community they found this summer. To honor this community, the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus will

In the laws and rules that govern Hinduism, marriage is the most regulated ritual. Second to that, though, is food. Vasudha Narayanan, distinguished professor of religion at the University of Florida, will talk about Hinduism’s

Zahra Jamal fell in love with Chautauqua as a girl over a lemon poppy seed muffin and the inspiring speakers in the Interfaith Lecture Series. Wednesday, many years later, Jamal is returning to Chautauqua Institution

The menu has been set. The instrument has been polished, and the chef is prepared. This isn’t a fine dinner at the Athenaeum Hotel. Rather, it is Wednesday’s Massey Memorial Organ concert, and the four

Food is connection. It connects people, places and time periods around the world to one another. Perhaps most importantly, food connects people across the dinner table. Rabbi Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus will be discussing why this is

Servants of God have been finding reprieve at a house located just past Thunder Bridge in Chautauqua for 100 years. Those servants, called deaconesses and home missioners, and that house, the Fenton Memorial Deaconess Home,

Wajahat Ali grew up in California in an Pakistani immigrant family that had strong Muslim faith, but was also open-minded. Now, Ali is a leading voice in critiquing an administration that would keep families like

Journalism ethics cannot be considered separately from the ethical compass of the country at large. Diane Winston will be talking about what that means for the priorities of the news media at 2 p.m. Thursday

The news media may finally be catching on to the importance of religion. Gustav Niebuhr, associate professor of newspaper and online journalism and religion at Syracuse University, will discuss the value of this with James

The music of Isaac Van Vleck Flagler will come to life on the Massey Memorial Organ on Wednesday, 110 years after the composer was supposed to dedicate the instrument. Flagler was the official organist of

In times of intense division, sometimes media adds fuel to the fire of deeply entrenched conflict. Peter Beinart, journalist and professor, will talk about how media has affected current tensions within the American Jewish community

Even though Michael Gerson is a Republican, he isn’t pulling any punches when it comes to the ethics of the administration of President Donald Trump. Gerson, a columnist with The Washington Post, will talk about